Places of interest in Central Russia

Smolensk

Historical Museum

Museums and Exhibitions

Historical Museum: From Mammoth Skeleton to Birch-bark Letters

Moscow

The Donskoy Monastery

Architectural Monuments • Temples and places of worship • Abbeys and Monasteries

Donskoy Monastery: gilded iconostasis and Solzhenitsyn's grave

Vladimir

The Holy Assumption Cathedral

Architectural Monuments • Temples and places of worship • Cathedrals and churches • Other places

Holy Assumption Cathedral - the main temple of the North-East of Russia

Moscow

Victory Park on Poklonnaya Gora

Museums and Exhibitions • Parks and recreation

Victory Park on Poklonnaya Gora: Memory of the Great Patriotic War

Kaluga

Optina Pustyn

Temples and places of worship • Abbeys and Monasteries • Other places

Optina Pustyn – the Center of Russian Spirituality

Dmitrov

Zagorskaya Street

Other places

Zagorskaya Street and Drama Theater Bolshoye Gnezdo - the center of culture of Dmitrov

Moscow

Ostankino Palace

Architectural Monuments • Parks and recreation • Castles, Fortresses and Palaces

Ostankino Palace and Museum

Kaluga

Zaitseva Gora Military Historical Museum

Museums and Exhibitions

Zaitseva Gora Military Historical Museum as a Memory of Heroism of Soviet Soldiers

Moscow

Sokolniki Park

Museums and Exhibitions • Parks and recreation

Sokolniki Park: a Museum of the USSR in the Forest

Moscow

The viewing platform PANORAMA 360

Architectural Monuments • Museums and Exhibitions • Parks and recreation • Other places

Ice-cream flavoured Moscow in full view

Smolensk

Garden Blone

Parks and recreation • Other places

Garden Blone: A Monument, Sculptures and a Fountain

Tutayev

Kazan Transfiguration Church

Architectural Monuments • Temples and places of worship • Cathedrals and churches • Other places

Kazan Transfiguration Church: a Red Church from Kustodiev's Paintings

Kostroma

Embankment of the Volga

Other places

The Embankment and Ostrovsky's Pavilion: walk with a view of the Volga

Ivanovo

Sviato-Vvedensky Monastery

Architectural Monuments • Temples and places of worship • Abbeys and Monasteries • Other places

The Sviato-Vvedensky monastery is the abode of the new time

Yaroslavl

Vvedenskiy Tolga Convent

Architectural Monuments • Temples and places of worship • Abbeys and Monasteries • Other places

Vvedenskiy Tolga Convent: Appearance of the Icon and Its Miracles

Moscow

Aptekarsky Ogorod

Parks and recreation • Other places

"Aptekarsky Ogorod" - an Oasis of Silence in the Heart of the Capital

Alexandrov

Alexandrov State Art Museum

Museums and Exhibitions • Other places

Aleхandrov State Art Museum — a Gallery in the Merchant’s Estate

Uglich

Alekseevsky Monastery

Architectural Monuments • Temples and places of worship • Abbeys and Monasteries • Other places

Alekseevsky Monastery – a Cloister of Unique Churches

Kostroma

Museum of Flax and Bark

Museums and Exhibitions • Other places

Museum of Flax and Bark: ancient folk crafts

Moscow

Moscow City

Architectural Monuments • Museums and Exhibitions • Other places

Moscow City, or the Capital Quarter of Skyscrapers

The best and most beautiful sightseeing attractions of Central Russia where you can have a good time. Other places, temples and places of worship, architectural monuments enjoy the greatest popularity.